My visit to Virginia’s Shenandoah Joe’s I had the fortune of visiting an old friend in Charlottesville over the past couple of days. I first intentionally drank coffee with this individual one morning in college after writing a term paper and spinning vinyl for our radio show, The Alternate Route. We were in our Contemporary […]

ChannelBV just posted a news release about the new Global Cafe opening this weekend in Buena Vista. It’s always exciting to have a spat of entrepreneurship in town. The owners are also working on building a brownstone complex of some sort just off Main Street. Even with economic downturn in the country, this town is […]

A blurb in Fortune talks about Starbuck’s closing hundreds of stores, Starbuck’s has a Bitter Plan. It’s interesting to watch a transition away from the huge conglomerate into something less huge, both in terms of the drinks offered and the taste of an espresso.